Where does “näytönsäästäjä” come from?
näytönsäästäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish säästäjä, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
näytönsäästäjä (Finnish): screensaver
Definitions
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Ancestry of “näytönsäästäjä”, step by step
näytönsäästäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish säästäjä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | säästäjä | saver |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Finnish näyttö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | näyttö | monitor, display, screen; showing; evidence |
| 2 | Finnish | näyttää | to show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |